A 38 year old single heterosexual female, sans husband, sets off on an adoption journey, hoping to become mother to an Ethiopian infant. All relevant topics may be discussed, such as international adoption, attachment parenting, transracial adoption, etc.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Most awesome news: I found a foster for the puppy!!!!!!!

As I was leaving work a colleague called... she had read this very blog here. She offered to foster the pup!

So... the update is: pup is getting neutered tomorrow. I'm picking him up on Thursday and bringing him to the foster home!

Yay!

Elizabeth, you rock! (BTW, I already knew she rocked and had great friend potential...)

Ok, to show Elizabeth how much she rocks, everyone leave a comment for her, ok? The most comments I ever got on this blog is around 13. Can we beat that record for Elizabeth stepping up to the plate and not letting me or the puppy down? Yes we can! I want Elizabeth to know that people all over the world think she is awesome!

Thanks for the nice comments, but I am just a mush for a lost puppy in the rain! I showed the picture & story to my partner Wendy ... who has patiently given "us" permission to bring puppy to our house for a brief foster ... and we both thought the pic of pup looks like Chewbacca, the Wookie on Star Wars. The luring with lunch meat story reminded me of Han Solo's comment to Chewie: You are led with your stomach! If you don't like the name "Chewie," (for fear he will chew the couch some day), maybe "Bacc" (pronounced Bach) or Wookie? I don't know. Jack and Harry (my 2 Border Terriers) are anxious to meet him ... hope they get along well enough not to freak out pup!

You Go Elizabeth! I just caught up with Mika's blog and it broke my heart to think the pup would think of HER as anything less than saintly (as a trickster). Thanks for your and your partner's generosity. And in a totally unrelated comment: Mik, who is the other dani in your life? Dani

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Facts from Ethiopia

CHILDREN'S STATUSNewborns dying before age 1 - 1 in 10Children dying before age 5, often from preventable diseases -1 in 6Main causes of early childhood deaths -Diarrhea and pneumoniaOrphans, 2003 estimate -4 millionChildren under age 5 stunted from lack of nutrition - Over 50%High school attendance, females - 8.5%Population with use of adequate sanitation facilities - 15% Rural population with use of adequate sanitation facilities - 4% Population with use of improved drinking water sources - 24% Population with access to public health facilities - 61.3% Population more than 10 km (6 miles) from nearest health facility - Over 50%Physicians per 100,000 people - 3Population moderately to severely underweight - 38% Population stunted due to lack of nutrition - 47%

HIV/AIDSAdults infected weekly - 5,000Age group with highest rate of infection 15-24 years; female prevalence 3 times greater than among malesWomen living with HIV, 15-49 -770,000Mother-to-child HIV transmission - 2nd highest number of new infections per yearChildren dying from AIDS - 1 in 16Children orphaned by AIDS from 2003 to 2007 - 720,000